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Chapter 14

Static Table Views

For table view applications pre-iOS 5, table view cells were displayed dynamically using a prototype table view cell that would be populated dynamically prior to being displayed in the table view.

The table view cell could be customized to provide a custom look to an application; however the architecture was still using default or custom UITableViewCell and was still a dynamic list based object organized by sections and related rows.

This all changed with the release of iOS 5.

Table View Types

With iOS 5 using storyboards, table views are now designed using the following table view types:

• Static
• Dynamic prototype

Static

A static table view is designed directly through the interface editor. In addition to the table view cell itself, you can add the sections, headers, and footers directly into the Attributes Inspector. Because these are not dynamically produced, there is no data source and the table view cells are populated directly. A sample static table view is shown in Figure 14-1.

Dynamic Prototype

Dynamic prototype–based table views are also designed directly through the Interface Builder. They are easy to implement, and the prototype table view cell is similar to pre-iOS 5 custom table view cells. See Figure 14-2.

Figure 14-1

Figure 14-2